Step-by-step – FreeFileSync Ubuntu 18.04 Installation

Installing

2. 2. Downloading FreeFileSync

   Download FreeFileSync for Ubuntu GNU/Linux

   FreeFileSync tar.gz Ubuntu

   FreeFileSync Ubuntu Download

   If possible Select directly “Open with Archive Manager”!
   The Debian or Ubuntu Release will Works also on others GNU/Linux Systems.

3. 3. Extracting FreeFileSync

   Then Extract into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click on File Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/FreeFileSync*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. 4. Installing FreeFileSync

   Next Relocate FreeFileSync
   To Switch contents do:

   sudo mv /tmp/FreeFileSync* /opt/FreeFileSync

   And thn Set the SuperUser as Owner with:

   sudo chown -R root:root /opt/FreeFileSync

   Again Make a SymLink for Easy Launching
   Run on Shell:

   sudo ln -s /opt/FreeFileSync/FreeFileSync /usr/local/bin/FreeFileSync